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- Title
Radiation effects in natural quartz crystals.
- Authors
Bahadur, Harish; Tissoux, Hélène; Usami, Teruo; Toyoda, Shin
- Abstract
Optically clear, as visually observed, natural quartz crystals of Brazilian and Arkansas origins, which exhibit Al–OH−-centers in their as-received conditions, have been measured for their low temperature ESR spectra to see the presence of Al-hole centers. The ESR spectra revealed the presence of Al-hole centers in their as-received conditions. These centers showed an increase in their strength upon irradiation with a 60C0 source. Such observations were exhibited by Al–OH−-centers as noticed earlier. The crystals were thus noticed to exhibit the presence of Al–OH−-centers and also Al-hole centers in their as-received conditions. The observations match with the results on cultured quartz where irradiation breaks away the Al-alkali centers into a mixture of Al–OH−- and Al-hole centers. It is thus concluded that the natural crystals, which exhibit the presence of these centers in their as-received condition, have been irradiated in nature with a low dose.
- Subjects
OXIDE minerals; MINERALS; OXIDES; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; CRYSTALS; QUARTZ crystals; QUARTZ crystal microbalances; MINERALOGY; ASTERISM (Crystallography)
- Publication
Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 2008, Vol 19, Issue 8/9, p709
- ISSN
0957-4522
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10854-007-9388-0